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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Maen Llwyd (Machynlleth)Country: Wales County: Powys Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Machynlleth
Map Ref: SH7529600819
Latitude: 52.590821N Longitude: 3.842298W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Orcinus visited on 21st Mar 2021 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5 What a strange location! I think the neighbours must be used to strange folk doing this now.
geoffstickland have visited here
I'm a bit surprised this isn't on here already because of its ease of access and its size, it's a big stone. I liked this one, if only to sit next to it and watch the curtains twitching. There can't be many standing stones you can see from the living room, I think I'll move here.
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